Jointed Pricklypear vs Lofty Pericote

Opuntia aurantiaca compared with Auliscomys sublimis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jointed Pricklypear	Lofty Pericote
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cactaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Opuntia	Auliscomys
Species	Opuntia aurantiaca	Auliscomys sublimis

Conservation Status

Jointed Pricklypear

LC — Least Concern

Lofty Pericote

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jointed Pricklypear	Lofty Pericote
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Jointed Pricklypear

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Eswatini, Jamaica, Namibia, and South Africa.

Lofty Pericote

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.